M2.0 earthquake 39km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 39km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Tue, Jul 16, 2002, 7:03 PM PDT (02:03 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 32km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-17 02:03:10 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.145° N, 116.367° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 16.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 274°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 49 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.119km N of Ocotillo, CA · 8844 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.048km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8844 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.252km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8844 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.046km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 8843 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.910km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8843 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.960km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8842 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.025km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 8842 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.750km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8841 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.037km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8840 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.515km SE of Julian, CA · 8839 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.822km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 8834 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.928km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8833 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.628km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8832 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.618km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8832 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.719km N of Ocotillo, California · 8831 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.719km N of Ocotillo, CA · 8831 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.310km SW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 8831 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.433km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8831 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.527km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8829 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.642km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8829 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.014km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8822 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.414km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8821 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.227km SE of Campo, CA · 8820 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.033km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8818 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.616km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 8818 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.59km SW of El Centro, California · 8817 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.570km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8815 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.333km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8814 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.612km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8813 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.413km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 8812 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.844km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8809 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.019km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8808 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.219km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8808 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.818km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8808 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.669km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8798 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.369km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8797 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.917km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8796 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.612km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 8795 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.230km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8794 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.432km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8794 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.018km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8791 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.618km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.718km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8791 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.725km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8789 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.120km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8789 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.620km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8789 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.922km NNW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 8788 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.818km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 8787 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.720km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 8787 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
Before
- 2.656km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8846 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.520km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 8851 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.520km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8852 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.556km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8852 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.923km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8854 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.926km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8855 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.614km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 8855 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.714km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 8855 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.034km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8857 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.168km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8858 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.266km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8859 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.470km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 8859 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.360km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8862 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.134km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 8863 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.926km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8864 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.316km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8864 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.814km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 8864 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.035km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8865 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.126km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8866 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.526km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8866 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
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